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Definition of Flasher
1. Noun. Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals.
Generic synonyms: Compulsive
Specialized synonyms: Streaker
Derivative terms: Exhibitionism, Exhibitionistic, Flash
2. Noun. An electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display).
3. Noun. A light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages.
Definition of Flasher
1. n. One who, or that which, flashes.
Definition of Flasher
1. Noun. Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A person who exposes their genitals or female nipples. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flasher
1. one that flashes [n -S] - See also: flashes
Medical Definition of Flasher
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1. One who, or that which, flashes.
2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flasher
Literary usage of Flasher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"Wilkins flasher, Esquire, was balancing himself on two legs of an off,ce stool,
spearing a wafer-box with a penknife, which he dropped every now and then, ..."
2. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"Л flasher, FLAX, [fleix, &x.] a Plant. To FLAY, to fright. NC A flay'd Coxcomb,
a fearful Fellow. ..."
3. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"COBIA, MOON-FISH AND flasher. You strange, astonished.looking, angle-faced,
Dreary-mouthed, gaping wretches of the sea, Gulping salt-water everlastingly, ..."
4. Modern Industrial Progress by Charles Henry Cochrane (1904)
"... and Equipment Company- Electric Sign flasher. Electricity is undoubtedly
gaining ground in therapeutics. While the physician no longer attempts to cure ..."
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